Our God — Page 143
Great Benefits of Belief in God Now, I would like to state some arguments for the existence of God, based on the principle that belief in God carries some impor- tant and exclusive benefits. We do things in this world based on their relative benefit and gain. We weigh the benefit of a certain action for human beings. If it is established that belief in God is good and advantageous for mankind, every wise man will agree, for this reason alone if nothing else, that the doctrine should not be rejected. These considerations do not argue for the existence of God—nor do they suggest that there ought to be one—but certainly indicate that the doctrine is useful for the progress and well-being of mankind and, as useful things should be adopted, these arguments can also be presented to indirectly support the existence of God. At the outset of my logical arguments, I sug- gested caution based on the precept that belief in God is not detrimental in any way, whereas denial may be and, therefore, it is safer to believe. Similarly, to conclude my logical arguments, I